31 Jul 2013

DIY VEST

This blog
post is part 2 of my summer of art program at Otis College of Art and Design. In
my Fashion Design course I made a DIY vest and clutch bag inspired by Sass and
Bide.

“sass & bide is
dedicated to the strong, the obscure & the beautiful”

Sass and
Bide explores the unique designs of exotic tribal references of sharp contrast
monochromatic patters, hot hues and metallic accents. The Autumn/Winter 13
collection “wintergate” has simple white and black embellishments on a range of
stunning finale pieces. Sass and Bide took an edgier approach using metallic
trimmings cutouts and leather, for a more casual and romantic look.

From the Autumn/Winter
13 collection “wintergate”, I was inspired by their use of non-colors, black
and white embellishments and sharp designs that I decided to create a vest to
match their “wintergate” collection and to represent the edginess of Hong
Kong’s street style.

Materials

Sass and
Bide is famous for using denim materials layered upon white, black and tribal
colour embellishments. To create my vest I chose white denim for the outside of
my vest and thin white cotton fabric for the linin. I chose the colour white
for the base of my vest, as I wanted to keep the design simple and clean. I
then used embroidery of black and silver sequins on the back and front of the
vest to give the design a glamorous and romantic look, and also to represent
the sharp style of Hong Kong.

In
conclusion my vest was inspired by my international background of growing up in
Hong Kong, therefore bringing a range of fashion related ideas into this
project. This is because fashion in Hong Kong is derived from various different
sources since Hong Kong is such an international city. Overall my vest was
inspired by the glamour’s life of Hong Kong.